There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Tonga by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Fuaʻamotu International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU)plane ZRH - TBU
38h 46m$969–3,390Fly Basel to Vava'U International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Vava'U International Airport (VAV)plane BSL - VAV
37h 37m$1,639–4,850Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Vava'U International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vava'U International Airport (VAV)plane ZRH - VAV
38h 36m$1,174–4,105Fly Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU)plane BSL - TBU
39h 28m$1,534–9,535Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Fuaʻamotu International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU)plane MXP - TBU
41h 11m$1,358–3,282Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Fuaʻamotu International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU)plane MUC - TBU
40h 44m$1,332–4,128
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Fuaʻamotu International Airport (TBU) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Tonga is to train and fly which costs $950 - $3,400 and takes 38h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Tonga is to fly which takes 37h 37m and costs $1,600 - $4,900.
The distance between Basel and Tonga is 17201 km.
It takes approximately 38h 46m to get from Basel to Tonga, including transfers.
Tonga is 11h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:40 AM in Basel and 5:40 PM in Tonga.
There are 70+ hotels available in Tonga.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Tonga?
British Airways, Fiji Airways, and six other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Vava'U International Airport (VAV) twice daily.
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via San Francisco, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Basel to Vava'U International Airport via London Heathrow, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–12,000
Flights from Basel to Vava'U International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–12,000
Flights from Basel to Vava'U International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–12,000
Flights from Basel to Vava'U International Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,800–12,000
Flights from Basel to Vava'U International Airport via Munich International Airport, Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vava'U International Airport via Vienna, Tokyo Narita, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 13m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,600
Flights from Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via London Heathrow, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 53m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,500
Flights from Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,500
Flights from Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–9,500
Flights from Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Munich International Airport, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–10,000
Flights from Basel to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–10,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via San Francisco, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Vancouver, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–9,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Los Angeles, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Hong Kong, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,800
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Nadi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–6,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,000
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Fuaʻamotu International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,100
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
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